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MIX FEEDS PROPERLY Recommended Good Production Practices for medicated feeds contain a valuable summary of the things cattle producers should be aware of when they mix their own rations. If feeding medicated feeds, no one questions the need for some degree of standardization. Certainly mixers do vary in efficiency and mixing times. Research shows the […] Read more

We were sad to note the passing ofBill Gray,a former marketing columnist with this magazine on Aug. 7 in Winnipeg after a short illness. He was 59. Bill was a livestock market analyst first with Statistics Canada, then Alberta Agriculture and finally with the Royal Bank before he joined the wealth management team at RBC […] Read more

Kirk Wildmanof the Towaw Cattle Company in Sangudo, Alta., was affirmed as the 2010-11 president of the Canadian Angus Association at its recent annual meeting in Halifax. He is the second-youngest president to head the national breed association. The CAA elects its presidents the year before their terms begin. The new president elect isDavid Boulducof […] Read more

Abbotsford McClary Stockyards Ltd.* Box 40, Abbotsford, B. C. V2T 6Z4 Phone: 604-864-2381 Fax: 604-854-3038 E-mail: [email protected] Website: mcclarystockyards.com Contact: Jono Rushton ……………………….. 604-823-2125 Dave Rushton ………………………. 604-823-6692 Sheila Rushton …………………….. 604-855-7895 Regular Sales: Every Mon., 11 a. m. – Slaughter &feeder cattle, sheep &goats Every Wed., 1 p. m. –Dairy &beef cattle Special Sales:Contact […] Read more

Gladstone Auction Mart* Box 318, Gladstone, Man. R0J 0T0 Phone: 204-385-2537 Fax: 204-385-2582 E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Dave Nickel ………………………….. 204-637-3393 Gerald McGowan …………………… 204-385-2043 Regular Sales: Every Tues., 10 a. m. October-December 9 a. m. Special Sales: Contact for details GRUNTHAL Grunthal Livestock Auction Mart* Box 71, Grunthal, Man. R0A 0R0 Phone: 204-434-6519 Fax: 204-434-9367 […] Read more

Beef Is Not The Tarsands I rely completely on the cattle business to try to make a living. I am writing you because of an article published in MACLEANS magazine Mar. 28. It was titled “The War on Meat.” It was an extremely one-sided article about livestock and the environment. I was so upset I […] Read more